Ducktown City Commission held a public hearing for the proposed annexation of 165.88 acres but there were few public comments. The area of annexation includes Copper Basin Medical Center but neither of the schools. “15 partials around east of Windy Hill rd. toward Central Shaft, crosses south of Cougar Drive back to more or less the parking lot of Highland Woods which is already in the city,” explained Mayor James Talley.

A portion of the land to be annexed is property that is part of the Glenn Springs Holdings reclamation project. A letter from an attorney for Glenn Springs was read at the hearing. Talley explained that the city has no intention of disturbing anything that Glenn Springs Holdings has done. “We completely understand and appreciate what Glenn Springs has done for the community. We wanted to annex this property to keep the boundaries in line instead of having things crossed.”

Ordinances in effect for the city currently don’t allow the sale of fireworks. “I understand you’ll have to grandfather in Cougar Fireworks, The residents don’t want to see little shacks everywhere,” stated Brian Smith. Talley said he had already talked with MTAS (Municipal Technical Assistance Service) and will have something set up for the next meeting.

The Annexation will take effect 30 days from the hearing.

$50,000 has been allocated from the revolving fund for the repair of the Bradford Building. It was sold, but the buyers decided not to proceed with purchase.

Brad Miller and Talley reported that permission has been granted from TDOT to proceed with preparation for landscaping along Hwy. 64/68. Ducktown will also be eligible for a CDBG grant in February. Highest priority for this grant is residential water.

The Isabella waterline project is nearing completion and 7 new HVAC units are going in at the elderly housing location. Smith said the units being replaced have been there for 25 years and new ones will be installed according to what projected standards in 2010 are. “The front is more secure and we will be working on the back” he said, adding they hope to go to once a quarter meetings from once a month meetings.

Doug Collins reported that the Copper Festival went well and thanked everyone involved.

•Workshop-November 18, 6 p.m.

•Planning Commission-November 20, 6 p.m.